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Bantu language

Mochi
Moshi
Kimochi
Native to	Tanzania
Ethnicity	Chaga people
Native speakers	597,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Chaga–Taita Chaga Central Kilimanjaro Mochi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`old`
Linguist List	`old`
Glottolog	`moch1256` Mochi
Guthrie code	`E622A`
IETF	`old`

Mochi is a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania. It is the prestige language of the Chaga people.

Notes and references

Mrikaria, George (2008). Kimochi: msamiati wa Kimochi-Kiswahili-Kiingereza [Mochi-English-Swahili lexicon]. Lexicon series (in Mochi, Swahili, and English). Dar-es-Salaam: Languages of Tanzania LOT Project, University of Dar es Salaam. pp. iv+89. ISBN 978-9987-691-17-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Official languages

Indigenous
languages

Bena–Kinga	Bena Hehe Kinga Kisi Manda Pangwa Sangu Vwanji
Chaga	Central Kilimanjaro Mochi Gweno Rombo Rusa West Kilimanjaro
Great Lakes	Ha Hangaza Ikizu Ikoma Jita Kabwa Kara Kerewe Kuria Kwaya Ngoreme Nyambo Suba-Simbiti Sumbwa Vinza Zanaki Zinza
Kikuyu–Kamba	Sonjo
Northeast Coast	Digo Doe Gogo Kagulu Kami Kutu Kwere Luguru Ngulu Sagara Shambala Vidunda Zaramo
Takama	Holoholo Iramba Isanzu Kimbu Nyamwezi Sukuma Turu

Other Bantu

Isolates/unclassified

Sign languages

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